Refused are not fucking dead!

[richardp]

They're back!

Now let's all revel in the greatest music video ever made:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3AoiVMQqX4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkAe30aEG5c&ob=av2n)

[Kid Charlemagne]

I can't believe they're back together. It may be only a handful of shows, but man they are going to unleash some hell on everyone who sees them play.

[october_midnight]

That was probably my favorite song back in...COUGH COUGHgrade 12 COUGH. I'm so old. My back hurts.

[scorpiusdiamond]

So yeah, this is basically the best start to the year musically ever...

[Pillfred]

I heard this earlier today and about shit myself. My summer plans may have changed before they were made.

[richardp]

I really hope that they decide to more than just a couple of festival dates and tour the US. And call it wishful thinking, but if ATDI and Refused decided to do a joint reunion tour together, well I'm pretty sure my pants would explode.

[scorpiusdiamond]

I really hope that they decide to more than just a couple of festival dates and tour the US. And call it wishful thinking, but if ATDI and Refused decided to do a joint reunion tour together, well I'm pretty sure my pants would explode.

This has been on my mind since this morning. It would be too awesome.

[october_midnight]

New dates trickling out:

04/13 Indio, CA – Coachella Festival
04/20 Indio, CA – Coachella Festival
04/27 Berlin, GER – Monster Bash Festival
04/29 Meerhout, BEL – Groez Rock Festival
08/09-11 Gothenburg, SWE – Way Out West Festival

[westost]

Meh, I don't know... It's possible they put on some good shows, but I'm sceptical. My greatest concern is Dennis voice, you can hear it in all the post-refused projects he's been involved in, it's just not what it used to be and he can't pull off those screams anymore. I hope I'm wrong though.

[october_midnight]

Refused show announced at Terminal 5 in New York City, NY on April 23rd. A special charity pre-sale will kick off today with public on-sales set to start tomorrow, January 25th. Those interested should keep an eye on the band's Facebook page for more details. On top of that the group have been added to the “Øya Festival” in Oslo, Norway on August 10th.

[blackholesun]

They also announced a SF show that week too last week and the tickets already sold out. I just found out today. I'm gonna find myself a way there hell or high water.

[october_midnight]

More North American dates (but still no Vancouver, dammit!)

4/12 Pomona, CA - The Glass House

4/13 Indio, CA - Coachella Music Festival

4/18 San Francisco, CA - The Warfield *

4/20 Indio, CA - Coachella Music Festival

4/22 New York, NY - Terminal 5

4/23 New York, NY - Terminal 5

4/27 Berlin, DE - Monster Bash

4/28 Dusiburg, DE - Telekom Playgrounds

4/29 Meerhout, BE - Groezrock

5/31 Barcelona, ES - Primavera Sound

6/1-3 Nürburgring & Nürnberg, DE - Rock am Ring & Rock im Park

6/4 Milan, IT - Arena Fiera Di Rho

6/8 Nickelsdorf, AT - Nova Rock

6/9 Muenster, DE - Vainstream

6/15 Interlaken, CH - Greenfield Festival

6/16 Clisson, FR - Hellfest

6/17 Interlaken, CH - Flugplatz

7/1 Belfort, FR - Eurockeennes

7/5 Roskilde, DK - Roskilde Festival

7/6 Turku, FI - Ruisrock

7/8 Knebworth, UK - Sonisphere Festival

7/13 Lisbon, PT - Optimus Alive! Festival

7/15 Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade ^

7/16 Silver Spring, MD - The Fillmore ^

7/18 Brooklyn, NY - Williamsburg Summer Garden ^

7/19 Philadelphia, PA - Penn's Landing (Riot Fest East) ^

7/20 Boston, MA - House of Blues ^

7/21 Montreal, QC - Metropolis ^

7/22 Toronto, ON - The Sound Academy ^

7/23 Toronto, ON - The Sound Academy ^

7/25 Royal Oak, MI - Royal Oak Music Theatre ^

7/26 Chicago, IL - Congress Theater ^

7/29 Yuzawa, JP - Fuji Rock Festival

8/9 Gothenburg, SE - Way Out West Festival

8/10 Oslo, NO - Oya Festival

* with the Hives and the Bronx

^ with OFF!

[PQHooligan]

Here's a preview of what they might sound like at a show near you!

http://youtu.be/CeEtkTYZibM?hd=1

[henryeatscereal]

Gorgeous... https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=425846320775714&set=a.170616702965345.46752.169881623038853&type=1&theater

[DVYDRNS]

Just finished watching the Coachella stream.

I'm gonna go die now. Ballsy.

[bobbie solo]

They were ridiculous!! Really, really tight. Dennis was psyched out of his mind, lotta energy and very happy. same for the whole band for that matter. Dennis can still belt it out really well too. Told some funny stories about back in the day for them....one was how excited they were to finally come to NYC and play in Manhattan where all their favorite NYHC bands were from, and then they got booked in LI with Snapcase.

Lou from SOIA came out and they did Injustice System. that was really fun. New Noise obviously got the biggest reaction.

Cerebral Ballzy was so, so terrible. Maybe i'm an old fuck, but that "i can't be bothered" schtick is kinda weak, part. when you're trying to do snotty 80's hardcore in 2012. Would have much rather seen Ceremony tomorrow.


setlist:

- Worms of the Senses / Faculties of the Skull
- The Refused Party Program
- Liberation Frequency
- Rather Be Dead
- Coup d'état
- Summerholidays vs. Punkroutine
- The Deadly Rhythm
- Hook, Line and Sinker
- Refused Are Fucking Dead
- Life Support Addiction
- Injustice System (SOIA cover with Lou from SOIA)
- The Shape of Punk to Come
Encore:
- New Noise
- Tannhäuser / Derivè

[bobbie solo]

fuuuuuuuuuck they played a secret 150-capacity show in BK aftet their T5 show last night.

[october_midnight]

Vancouver - August 27th. OH SHI-

[decadent]

New tourdates for Europe! Small club shows FTW!

29/09 - Cologne, Germany @ Live Music Hall
30/09 - Prague, Czech Rep @ Lucerna Music Hall
01/10 - Vienna, Austria @ Arena
02/10 - Munich, Germany @ Kesselhaus
04/10 - Barcelona, Spain @ Razzmatazz
05/10 - Madrid, Spain @ Riveria
07/10 - Bologna, Italy @ Estragon
08/10 - Zurich, Switzerland @ Komplex
09/10 - Paris, France @ Bataclan
10/10 - Luxembourg @ Rockhal
11/10 - Tiilburg, Netherlands @ 013

[dlb]

got my ticket and I'm really looking forward to it. From what I have seen of this reunion it looks like it will be a blast, but I'm still not sold 100%.

[decadent]

Got my tix as well, can`t wait! You won`t regret it, I saw them at Rock im Park and they were great. Problem was I fucked up my ankle on the first song and it wasn`t the experience I was looking for. And besides most of the people didn`t know who they are which was really annoying. So I have big hopes for this show! Kesselhaus is a great location too.

[dlb]

Never been there actually. Last time I was about to go to see the Deftones, but my schedule fucked up so I had to sell the ticket. I'm going with a friend, but maybe we can hook up for a drink. I'll let you know in time if you're in Munich! ;)

[october_midnight]

Refused are fucking alive!

New album 'Freedom' out this summer, stream new track 'Elektra' here! (http://pitchfork.com/news/57401-refused-are-back-new-album-freedom-out-this-summer-new-track-elektra-streaming-now/)

[thefragile_jake]

Craziness!

[decadent]

Fuck yeah! How is the new song? Still at work and cannot hear it!

[dlb]

the new track is pretty awesome. very straight forward and not too complex but a nice and short preview. I'm digging it!

[richardp]

I can't believe we are actually getting a new Refused album. This is great!

Dennis' yells sound like Dave Grohl now and I'm ok with it. I really like this new song. If the rest of the album is this straight forward, it's going to be a blast.

[Kodiak33]

The new song is fucking awesome...wow.

[LaneSax]

awesome awesome news about the new album

for some reason I thought it'd never happen!

[Pillfred]

Best thing that's happened today.

[Jinsai]

so the album is about to come out and this thread is buried? WTF?

To chime in on old conversation, yeah, the new song is fucking amazing.

[Self.Destructive.Pattern]

Couldn't agree more. After 17 years, they have not lost a step. You can tell Dennis' vocals have changed a bit over the years, but it still sounds amazing.

[seasonsinthesky]

as long as this is a riff-fest in the way TSOPTC is (not necessarily with the techno/trance integration, since they already did that), i'll be happy. especially if they allowed the avant-garde leanings from the end of the record to fester and propagate – "Tannhäuser/Derivè" is one hell of a track!

[Jinsai]

that new song is the best pissed-off song I've heard in about twenty years.

[cahernandez]

I like it when bands start branching out their sound, I think this is great: http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/26/refused-francafrique-new-track-listen

[Pillfred]

I'm probably not as stoked for this as I should be but I've been really busy at work. That said, even the vague memory I have if the single still makes me giddy.

[Jinsai]

Haven't heard 'Elektra' yet, and don't want to until within the context of "Freedom".

you should still listen to Elektra. That's what you would have done in a heartbeat in 1998. It's really good. It's also the first song on the album... you get a good preview, but no spoilers.

I'm holding off on the new single that they just released. I can wait.

[Emil Dorbell]

I like it when bands start branching out their sound, I think this is great: http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/26/refused-francafrique-new-track-listen

I agree. It's not very Refused-y. But I really like it. Especially the part where they come back into the riff after the "Go!" towards the end.

[LaneSax]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx32N9v7-V8

[Madmya]

Christ, look at all the hipsters in the crowd. Someone needs to remind them they're at a tasteless rock show.

[AbjectMark]

A new song, "Dawkins Christ" has appeared on spotify

EDIT - http://youtu.be/4sqx7jGPyTY

[LaneSax]

love that too!

[Pillfred]

I'm drunk and my phone is gimped internets right now. When does the freshness drop. Thank you.
#imlazy

[Emil Dorbell]

Album is up on Spotify. Just had my first listen. It's really good.

[Archive_Reports]

I was never into this band for whatever reason, but the new album is pretty killer.

[thefragile_jake]

Yikes, this record is pretty bad so far. It's always sad when an incredibly influential band changes the landscape of a sub-genre with one intense record and then tries to recapture lightning in a bottle twice years later only to find themselves with average production and the loss of their original magic.

[richardp]

Yikes, this record is pretty bad so far. It's always sad when an incredibly influential band changes the landscape of a sub-genre with one intense record and then tries to recapture lightning in a bottle twice years later only to find themselves with average production and the loss of their original magic.

I don't necessarily think they're trying to recapture lightning in a bottle, though. I really think that they were just having fun being back together and decided "fuck it, why not" and obviously 17 years later they're all in very different places, musically, so they didn't even attempt to try to make another "punk" album, and just made what they found was fun and interesting. It's a totally different album than anyone expected from them, and I dig that about it. Granted, I won't make an official call on it until I am able to hear it a few times, but the one time I went through, I enjoyed how out there it is. The exact same thing would probably happen if ATDI finally made a new one. Everyone would expect a sequel to ROC, but in reality it'd probably be a super spacey chilled out prog album.

[thefragile_jake]

I don't necessarily think they're trying to recapture lightning in a bottle, though. I really think that they were just having fun being back together and decided "fuck it, why not" and obviously 17 years later they're all in very different places, musically, so they didn't even attempt to try to make another "punk" album, and just made what they found was fun and interesting. It's a totally different album than anyone expected from them, and I dig that about it. Granted, I won't make an official call on it until I am able to hear it a few times, but the one time I went through, I enjoyed how out there it is. The exact same thing would probably happen if ATDI finally made a new one. Everyone would expect a sequel to ROC, but in reality it'd probably be a super spacey chilled out prog album.

Oh and I totally get that too, there's no reason that they should've ever attempted to make a sequel to their first record but for me the song writing and lyrical content doesn't stick with me as much as they should. It seems they're pulling from a lot of the similar themes and tones from their first record, but the directions these tracks go in just misses the mark for me. For my ears at least, this is the kind of record that if this was put out by [insert band name here] on Vagrant or Victory Records, it would just be looked at as just another run of the mill album. =/

I agree with you though, if ATDI ever decided to make an album again it would be as proggy as possible.

[blackholesun]

Hate to be the buzzkill here, but Pitchfork leveled this album with a review of 5.4: http://m.pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20726-freedom/

Yikes. I wasn't expecting a milestone the likes of TSOPTC, but is it really as lifeless as they're making it out to be?

Ouch, even that review didn't seem to exactly hate the album all that much. They even put it below the new Sun Kil Moon album.

I'm not exactly loving the album, but it isn't 5.4 out of 10 bad. It's a good album.

[cahernandez]

Ouch, even that review didn't seem to exactly hate the album all that much. They even put it below the new Sun Kil Moon album.

I'm not exactly loving the album, but it isn't 5.4 out of 10 bad. It's a good album.

Since when do we trust Pitchfork reviews?

[thefragile_jake]

Hate to be the buzzkill here, but Pitchfork leveled this album with a review of 5.4: http://m.pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20726-freedom/

Yikes. I wasn't expecting a milestone the likes of TSOPTC, but is it really as lifeless as they're making it out to be?

For my ears at least, a 5.4 sounds about right. Songs often start off really strong and then go off into tangents that just leave me bored.

[Madmya]

Shit, if Pitchfork has given them a shit review they've just suddenly lost a lot of ticket sales from hipsters.

[perceptionnexus]

Haven't listened to much Refuse historically. Tried without much success to get into TSOPTC a few years back, but I really dig what I'm hearing on the new album.

[LaneSax]

good album to me, not the best

Françafrique has grown on me after a few listens

stand out tracks for me besides Elektra are Old Friends/New War and Servants of Death.

The intro of War On the Palaces sounds so AC/DC too til the horns kick in

[LaneSax]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKzLrAi0r8M

[decadent]

Nice! Dennis still has it in him!

Whats with these hipsters in the front rows though and only around 10 people going off!? A couple of years ago when they visited Germany we destroyed the club in Munich. The crowd here seems pretty lame.

[caca]

I've given this several plays over the last couple of weeks. I'm really digging it.

[LaneSax]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SK2Ayw3y3_o

[LaneSax]

"Old Friends/New Wars" is the stand out track for me

"War on the Palaces" is growing on me with more listens

[SchwarzerAbt]

There will be a new album by Dennis Lyxen's side project INVSN. Quite excited about this, as their last album is one of my favorite albums of recent years. :)

http://www.woahdad.com/news/welcome-invsn

[The Doctor]

Listened to Freedom again while mowing the yard yesterday. That album grows on me with every listen and I think it got unduly weighed down by unobtainable expectations at the time of its release that made everyone go "meh" because it didn't blow our minds like Shape, but it's a damn fine album. Elektra and Dawkins Christ make me headbang like crazy. You see a goober mowing his yard pumping his fist, that's me mowing to Refused.

[bobbie solo]

https://i.ibb.co/zSzKj2h/IMG-7707.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/CK9YfQX/IMG-7706.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/0qN2bkS/IMG-7708.jpg

[october_midnight]

New Album 'War Music' drops Oct 18. (https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/07/refused-new-album-war-music-tease-blood-red-single)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TICF7J7x0Fo

[decadent]

And the single drops on 2nd of August!

Really excited as Dennis said the album is super radical!

[DVYDRNS]

i am ready

[theSplinter04]

Freedom is one of the most underrated comeback albums for me. Very similar to their older stuff but still really fresh and experimental. Stoked for this one.

[richardp]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUOvGdXEzWg&feature=youtu.be

Haven't had a chance yet to actually watch/listen to it though.

[The Doctor]

Listened to "Blood Red" a couple times now. I like it, but I don't love it. Feels very similar to sound of Freedom album. Lyrics are definitely more direct and confrontational than Freedom though.

Don't get me wrong, it's all gravy and I will enjoy it all, but to me it suffers from the same thing that latter day At The Drive-In and Pixies do--they're stuck in (mostly) a single gear/speed and the dynamics that made the band so compelling in the first place are missing.

[cdm]

Freedom is one of the most underrated comeback albums for me.

It seems like a lot of people either love or hate Freedom with not much in between. (I am firmly in the LOVE IT camp)

As for the new single...overall I like it but I think I'll like it even more within the context of the album.

[LaneSax]

Freedom is great. Still listen to it

[cdm]

https://i.ibb.co/CK9YfQX/IMG-7706.jpg



Nice QS poster!...I was at one of those shows and have that same print.

[bobbie solo]

Nice QS poster!...I was at one of those shows and have that same print.

Thanks. Saw them again last year and they were great still. Trying to catch YoT in November.

[cdm]

Thanks. Saw them again last year and they were great still. Trying to catch YoT in November.

Yeah they still sound great as a three-piece. I saw them at Irving in 2017 and again a few weeks ago at a tiny place in NJ. Always a good show.

[LaneSax]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDv8i64Yunk (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TDv8i64Yunk)

[cdm]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDv8i64Yunk (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TDv8i64Yunk)

Oh FUCK yes! This owns.

[LaneSax]

War Music is yet another great effort from start to finish

[Kodiak33]

Yeah this album is fucking awesome.

[SchwarzerAbt]

It took me two or three listens to let it sink in, but now I'm getting the groove. Fine album indeed.

I also checked out the video for REV001 today, which is really awesome and much more of a "real" music video than I expected, compared to the other recent clips.

Also took the time to listen to Freedom again and it's much better than I had it in memory. I guess that one took some years on me to truly sink in. :D

[SchwarzerAbt]

After I had some time to digest, I'd put the albums in this order:

1) The Shape of Punk to Come
2) Freedom
3) War Music
4) Songs to Fan the Flame of Discontent
5) This Just Might Be the Truth [I don't know this one so well, so it could still rate higher]

[SchwarzerAbt]

Sorry for the triple post, but...

Dennis Lyxzén has a new band called Fake Names. Also involved is Brian Baker of Minor Threat/Bad Religion. Album out on May 8th: https://fakenamesofficial.com/

[dlb]

No doubt about "shape of punk to come", 12 bursts indeed. "freedom" and "war music" are a tie for me, both records have stellar songs but fall a little flat in the long run. Combined they would have made for a killer record though and the songs fit well into the existing live set. Can't wait to see them later this year, hopefully that is...

Dennis told me about False Names about two years ago, exciting to see it coming to life right now. But I guess INVSN will remain my favorite out of his projects outside of Refused. Noise Conspiracy, while great in its own sense, never grabbed me like I hope it would. It's still baffling to me how relevant that guy still is and what a power house he is on stage though. No matter which project, I will see this man whenever he comes to my city or anywhere near. And frankly, he's the only artist these days that I can take serious when talking about politics and society on stage. Spot on, well spoken and never belligerent to the point of becoming too self absorbed.

Lots of love for this band and Dennis:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kVRC50C09U

[bobbie solo]

new Refused (that really sounds like old Refused!) under a pseudonym for some new video game:


https://youtu.be/XiHw7MrTx30

Pretty damn good.

[SchwarzerAbt]

new Refused (that really sounds like old Refused!) under a pseudonym for some new video game:


https://youtu.be/XiHw7MrTx30

Pretty damn good.

Yes, they already released 2 tracks almost one year ago:

https://youtu.be/Igq3d6XA75Y

https://youtu.be/AN1RJF55NXI

I wonder if they will release a full EP of this.

[dlb]

Since the game is supposed to come out soon I'm pretty sure there are more songs and maybe even an EP.

[dlb]

While I'm heartbroken over that cancelled Euro tour next month, Refused just released a new song under their name "Samurai" for the upcoming game Cyberpunk 2077:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOXOdflScCY

Currently there are four tracks available right now, but I hope there is more once the game is out as stated earlier above. Might be not as good as proper Refused songs, but I enjoy these alot and see them as a kind of bonus EP to "war music".

[Maximilian]

While I'm heartbroken over that cancelled Euro tour next month, Refused just released a new song under their name "Samurai" for the upcoming game Cyberpunk 2077:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOXOdflScCY

Currently there are four tracks available right now, but I hope there is more once the game is out as stated earlier above. Might be not as good as proper Refused songs, but I enjoy these alot and see them as a kind of bonus EP to "war music".

That's some low quality Refused right there....

[dlb]

Hm, I think the songs are quite nice, a little odd for Refused, but enjoyable nevertheless and I guess that was the point of a fictional band. Hence why Dennis' pronounciations are so clear in order to make his accent not as noticeable. Won't get the game though.

They streamed an event for that game yesterday and there's a part dedicated to Refused or at least Dennis gets to talk a bit about "Becoming Samurai":


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VZaIG5WZH0&feature=emb_rel_end

[dlb]

Guess I will never not care about this band. New EP "The Malignant Fire" coming out on November 20th.

Digging the new track so far:


https://youtu.be/2S6diE2iOf0

[Prettybrokenspiral]

Love this band and always have and likely always will. Elitist punker fucks riffed on Freedom when it came out years back, but I always dug that album. It’s experimental and weird and there’s no way you follow up a game changer like TSOPTC anyway, so..

War Music was like a throwback to STFTFOD and I love every minute of it. Hopefully this new EP scorches, too. I’m glad these guys are committed to their reunion and adding to their 90s legacy with quality stuff in the modern day..

[SchwarzerAbt]

The EP is out now

https://refused.lnk.to/TheMalignantFireEP

After one listen I like it. Enjoyed Freedom and War Music too.

[Prettybrokenspiral]

New EP is a banger; Organic Organic Organic (Go Fuck Yourself) absolutely rips. It's a nice compliment to War Music, which I loved. My only complaint is that it blows by in warp speed at only 15 minutes in length. Kind of wish they had just banged out five more songs to make it a new full-length, or included their songs from under the Samurai moniker since none of them are going to be on the Cyberpunk 2077 soundtrack. Guess that's what downloads and CD-Rs are for..

I love getting older and still listening to the bands and musicians who changed my life when I was younger and still feeling those same vibes in their music all these years later. Refused will never be fucking dead..

[SchwarzerAbt]

Kind of wish they had just banged out five more songs to make it a new full-length, or included their songs from under the Samurai moniker since none of them are going to be on the Cyberpunk 2077 soundtrack. Guess that's what downloads and CD-Rs are for..

I think I read somewhere that the Samurai songs could be released on a seperate EP in the near future. Maybe Dennis' instagram? It would make sense as those are written with a different approach. And maybe they can't release it before the game is out because of potential spoilers? At least I hope that there are even more Samurai songs that we haven't heard yet.

[dlb]

New Samurai track from Cyberpunk. Excited if we get even more songs once the game is out:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es4N8Hwjoac

[dlb]

So Refused recorded 6 songs for Cyberpunk. We can listen to 5 unless the last one is hidden in the game. And we will be getting a physical release it seems. Sweet! Digging all the tracks so far, with Black Dog being my favorite.

CIyJSGNBt4L

[SchwarzerAbt]

So Refused recorded 6 songs for Cyberpunk. We can listen to 5 unless the last one is hidden in the game. And we will be getting a physical release it seems. Sweet! Digging all the tracks so far, with Black Dog being my favorite.

CIyJSGNBt4L

Kind of a missed opporrunity that they didn't announce this EP / put it up for pre-order along with the Cyberpunk 2077 soundtrack compilations vol. 1 and 2 or the release of the game itself. But I'm glad they will release it anyway. Soon...?

[dlb]

Pretty sure something got in the way or they couldn't figure out a format that they were happy with. I'd love a little vinyl EP with neat packaging, maybe even have six prints of the artstyle for people to enjoy without playing the game/having to own it. Like you said, a little soundtrack on it's own.

[SchwarzerAbt]

New INVSN album Let the Night Love You is out since June 3rd.

https://invsn.bandcamp.com/album/let-the-night-love-you

Some great tracks on there. I need to give the whole album a little more attention before I am able to rank it among their others.

[dlb]

The record is super nice, but yeah, no real standout tracks or "hits" on it. It's a slow burner, but a good one! Favorite song might be "slow disco" followed by "stay with me". But most of all I'm looking forward to see them again live! That's where their strenght is!

[cdm]

Oh shit Slow Disco is sexy. I haven't given Dennis' side pieces much time but maybe I need to change that. (inc aside)

[SchwarzerAbt]

Oh shit Slow Disco is sexy. I haven't given Dennis' side pieces much time but maybe I need to change that. (inc aside)

Yeah, INVSN is not really like Refused, more influenced by post punk and retro wave. Definitely worth checking out if you're a little bit into these genres. AC4 is more straight up hardcore punk and I still need to check out Fake Names myself. From what I've heard it's kind of classic punk rock in the vain of Bad Religion (no surprise considering the other members), so I wasn't very interested in it at the time they released their first record. More music is in the works though.

Anyway, as dlb pointed out: if you have the chance of seeing any of Dennis' bands live, do so! He's always giving his all, even in front of small audiences. I've seen him with four different bands now and it was always great, from a big festival stage with The (International) Noise Conspiracy to a small club with AC4. INVSN is no difference!